Lady Forge

This is from LF better half!!!I have never hunted turkey before and would not know what,or how to field dress one.Do you field dress?Are there any instructional books or videos,or can someone advice.Thanks

mauser06

i was there too...i went with my friend to shot chuckars...they let me take 5 home...they were busy so i had to clean them my self...and my dad was working...i was like uht oh...and i just basically skinned them...cut off legs and neck...and open the bottom and gut em..and wash em off...thats how i did pheasants this year and thats how my dad did his gobblers cept he removed the beard and fan b4 he started...and about field dressing...how can gut them out...just pluck between the legs and cut and drop them out and pull...and get it all out..im sure theres books and vids on the subject...

mauser06

Knockemstiff

Try this link

http://www.bowhunting.net/wildturkey.net/GutTurkey.html

Knockem' stiff

jalvja

Here's a simple quick way.We only eat the breast meat so all I do is slice the skin down the breast.Push the skin aside and usin a flexable knife(a fillet knife works real well)run the blade right down the breast bone pullin the meat away from the bone as you cut.Then do the other side the same way.No guttin,nopluckin,no skinnin you don't even have to clean out the craw.That's it.If you're goin to deep fry i would recomend pluckin.I hate doin that.

Tree climber

jalvja: I hate to tell you but you are throwing away some of the best eating you can get.
don't waste any part of your bird,it is great to cook in the crockpot and fix with rice and dressing.
if you need the recicpet,let me know.man it is sooooo gooood.
I'm not knotting you or your way,it's just a lot of turkey hunters don't know what they are missing.


I am not a hunter I am a whitetail population reduction specialest

remember keep your back to the sun, your knife sharp, and your powder dry.

barefoot

And all this time I've been dressing mine in the little striped overalls with a tiny engineer's cap.

haveme1

ROFL barefoot !!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

jalvja

T.C.The family and I never cared much for turkey legs.But if you got a recipe send it.I'll give it a try.Thanks

JoeA

Field dressing is easy. Lay the bird on it's back, tail end towards you. Run your finger along the mid-line of the breast towards the tail. Once you get to the end of the breast (you'll feel it), pluck the feathers between the legs, and the end of the breast the anus. Then make a shallow slit, from the inside of one thigh to the other, above the anus and below the end (bottom) of the breast. Be careful to avoid cutting the entrails, and part the skin. Reach in and pull out the inards(they may be very warm). Also take care to avoid rupturing the intestines near the anus until the very last. My friend usually pushes out waste from the end of the intestines near the anus before cutting the intestine free. Make sure you get all the lungs out. The esophagous mis a bit tough to remove by simply pulling. You may have to reach in and carefully cut as much as you can. Once a friend told me that he stuffed a cold beer in the cavity to speed the cooling process once they got back to camp.

foreverincamo

Great info Joe, but tell your friend to put a cold can of Pepsi inside a bird to cool it. Why on Earth waste a beer?